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My Fair Lady

The Pittsburgh Public Theater is taking audiences to the streets and ballrooms of London with its production of My Fair Lady that opened this weekend. Based on George Bernard Shaw‘s book  Pygmalion,  the original 1956 production of this show was… Read More ›

Rodelinda

Handel’s Rodelinda, another opera not heard in Pittsburgh for over twenty years, received the first performance of its current run at the intimate CAPA Theater on Saturday evening, January 24. Presented with a cast consisting of young Resident Artists of… Read More ›

Or

Before Off The Wall Theatre’s production of Or begins, the actors walk out onto the stage and begin organizing their costumes, props, doing vocal warmups, and a bit of light mingling with people they know in the audience. Usually I… Read More ›

Christmas Star

The glory of war and courage of our veterans are two topics our country never shies away from speaking about, but when it comes to the repercussions it can have on our soldiers, who are often times extremely young, we… Read More ›

Urinetown

When asked to pick a favorite musical my mind would not automatically go to Urinetown. Then I see a production of Urinetown and I think “wow, this is a really perfect show”. It has the most misleading title, one that… Read More ›

It’s a Wonderful Life

The Bricolage Production Company opened its premier of It’s a Wonderful Life, part of the Midnight Radio series, to a sold out house on Thursday evening.  Most people are familiar with the story of George Bailey and his guardian angel,… Read More ›

The Santaland Diaries

I’ve worked in retail for quite a few holiday seasons and I will attest that it gives you a really jaded view of the holiday season. Nothing titillates me for Christmas anymore. The songs are annoying (and I know every… Read More ›

A Streetcar Named Desire

I have been fortunate enough in the last few months to see two productions of Tennessee Williams’ works. Last month I saw the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s The Glass Menagerie and then more recently I saw barebones productions showing of A… Read More ›

L’Hôtel au Purgatoire

The second installment in the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s “Season of Legends” is the world premiere of a new play that is chock full of…well, legends. The play is called L’hotel (that’s French) and the Pittsburgh audience is the very first… Read More ›

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